Defiling

verb

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.verbTo make unclean, dirty, or impure; soil; befoul.

2.verbTo vandalize or add inappropriate contents to something considered sacred or special; desecrate

"To urinate on someone's grave is an example of a way to defile it."

3.verbTo deprive or ruin someone's (sexual) purity or chastity, often not consensually; stain; tarnish; mar; rape

"The serial rapist kidnapped and defiled a six-year-old girl."

4.verbTo march in a single file; to file.

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